HO scale fishing boats

[alecpstan]

Hi all,

 

New to Japanese rail modelling and the forum, glad there is one for this prototype!

 

Im modelling a wee micro layout (3 x 1ft quayside) in HO and having trouble finding some Japanese prototype fishing boats (1960-1970s specifically but at this point I’m getting less fussy) to decorate the ocean. Can anyone suggest a good place to look? Open to kits, 3d prints or complete models.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Alec

[bill937ca]

Welcome.  I think you will probably end up going the paper kit route like Sankei.

 

Sakatsu Global has some boat kits. These are 1/80 which is normal for HO in Japan.    https://sakatsuglobal.com/collections/ct136  But some of these are imports.

 

Sankei 1/80   https://item.rakuten.co.jp/sankeishop/c/0000000110/    But even Sankei doesn't have anything.

 

 

[cteno4]

That’s a tough one. Don’t think I ever ran across any fishing boats as I’ve roamed the web looking for papercraft files. I’ll go take a look in my file archives though, it’s 20 years worth.

 

quick search around the web turned up a 1/64 aoshima fishing boat model. Tad big but boats and ships tend to run visually small as they are usually lower ceiling heights, doorways and tighter spaces. Unfortunately these are full hull and not waterline models so you would need to chop the hulls or embed them. Was this the type of boat you are looking for?

 

https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10137098

https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10127295

 

few 1/87 scale similar styled boats on shapeways, tad more modern, but you could doll up with a lot of fishing gear.

 

https://www.shapeways.com/product/HJT7GGDSC/1-87-usn-24-oswald-patrol-boat-waterline?optionId=57456432&li=shops

https://www.shapeways.com/product/F44XZ8SXQ/1-87-riverine-patrol-boat-or-surc-with-weapons?optionId=62046159&li=shops
 

There are the Tomytec boats in 1/150 that you could use as a model to maybe 3D print or scratch build. But sadly currently out of production. They will be rereleased at some point but probably available on yahoo jp auctions.

 

https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/search?typ1_c=104&cat=&state=&sold=0&sortid=6&searchkey=Fishing+boat+tomytec

 

the old greenmax fishing boats (oop) might be simple to scratch build with paper as their hulls are a bit blocky

 

https://www.plazajapan.com/4946950216800/

 

Other papercraft boats out there that could be at the dock. Here is a generic work boat

 

https://www.kallboys.de/vss-bonn

 

small coastal freighters are all over Japanese ports

 

http://emiliana.carapace.me

 

tugboat and barges are also very common. Small tug and barge would be easy to scratch build as they are pretty blocky. Some ideas

 

https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10819144

https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10930522

https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10116560

https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10320894

 

bunch of possible boats here

 

https://www.papershipwright.co.uk/category/free-downloads/

 

cheers

 

jeff

 

[marknewton]

Alec, I'm modelling in 1/80, but I can't recall ever seeing a kit or made-up model of a typical Japanese fishing boat in my scale. They have a quite distinctive style of hull, the photos on this web page are a good illustration of that:

 

https://boatflow.jp/en/boats/31746-omiya-shipyard-fishing-vessel

All the best,

 

Mark.

 

[toc36]

I was surfing YouTube and came across this:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6k7gSDv-Dw

[cteno4]

Wow that was fun! Almost more work went into making that video as well! Nice fine scale modeling.

 

thanks TOC

 

jeff

[alecpstan]

Thanks all, plenty of ideas to use in a pinch! There seem to be very close examples on 3d model websites which might be converted to an stl for 3d printing.

 

My son (9) who loves trains saw ponyo the other day and thought it would be cool if there were trains on the wharf. So guess what scene he challenged me to model…

 

 

Edited February 6, 2023 by alecpstan